1. EFIS update/status EFISMG(13)29 32nd meeting EFIS/MG
Tallinn, September 2013

2. EFIS s/w versions Software versions uploaded this year:
V Jan 2013 report generation feature implementation
V May 2013 updates related mainly to ERC Report 25
(ECA Table). Administrator (ECO) interface improved. Report will in future be generated from EFIS
V May 2013 various bug fixes and minor enhancements
V May 2013 various bug fixes and minor enhancements
Next release is expected end of September/early October, with ‘off-line’ features for Report 25 and incorporation of ERC/REC
Notes: 1

3. Ongoing work ‘Off-line’ feature for Report 25:
ECA user in EFIS (i.e. ECO) has the possibility of switching to ‘off-line’ feature and insert change proposals to the ECA table which are then marked up
An ‘off-line’ Report can be printed out in Word and PDF format
Recommendation in EFIS:
The software for the generation of ERC/REC from EFIS is currently being implemented in the EFIS test system.
ECO will carry out tests over the next couple of weeks, including tests of the national administration interfaces.
Implementation in the live system is planned for mid to end September.

4. Electronic questionnaires – ongoing development
The implementation of the feature of electronic questionnaires on the website, expected earlier this year, was delayed. It is now due to be implemented very shortly.
When an electronic questionnaire, defined by a chairman or relevant group or ECO, is set up on the website, there is the possibility of selecting the option ‘EFIS-related questionnaire’.
Each question can be associated with a set of frequency bands and application term(s).
Each answer will have a comment field.
Answers to EFIS questionnaires will be exported (in XML format) to EFIS after the deadline and stored as data, i.e. the info will be searchable.
ECO will produce summary (as usual).
It will be possible for administrations to update their national data as/when relevant.

5. Electronic questionnaires – ongoing development
Answers (to individual questions/entire questionnaires) will be linked to EFIS user accounts* so answers may be searchable in EFIS later on.
* New accounts will be linked to the existing national accounts.
File(s) may be attached to the answer to each question and linked to EFIS document(s) when data is stored in EFIS.
Types of answers to questions:
multiple choice (one or more answers)
checkbox
free text or numeric
frequency range(s)
application term
allocation term
It is proposed to implement a number of ‘tags’, in EFIS, to define different types of relevant information (ref doc EFISMG(13)02).
Tags will be shown as thumbnails under applications in the national and ECA tables..
Relationship with existing accounts needs to be discussed and defined:
Propose: separate account with separate password, limited access
account will be in separate ‘area’ of EFIS only access to update anser-to-el-quest data
link in regulatory account to this separate account ???